Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more ...

Stroke recovery represents one of the most challenging yet hopeful journeys in medicine. While the brain damage from a stroke cannot be reversed, the remarkable ability of the human brain to rewire ...

After Rich McMahon suffered a serious stroke last fall, he and his family have been navigating a difficult recovery.

The European Stroke Organization calls for systematic screening within days of stroke to detect visual deficits that affect ...

Some patients with a common type of stroke benefit from a clot-busting drug given between 4.5 and 24 hours after symptoms emerged, according to a new study.

Trudy Coleman, 73, of Kingston, center, said her recovery from a stroke has been greatly aided by sessions with her occupational therapist at Allied Services, Lori Ackerman, left, as well as the ...

Many people refer to a stroke as the brain’s equivalent of a heart attack. A stroke occurs when there’s an interruption or ...

For people with ischemic stroke, treatment with the clot-busting drug tenecteplase is associated with a slightly higher likelihood of an excellent recovery and reduced disability three months later ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

In animal studies, rodents had their middle cerebral artery occluded, a standard stroke model in animals. After stroke onset, DMT was administered intraperitoneally (into the abdominal cavity), ...